This special, part-demo cooking class with Christine Y. Hickman celebrates gnocchi, her favorite Italian comfort food. After more than 25 years as an obsessed student and teacher of gnocchi-making, Christine will guide you through some of the various gnocchi styles as they’re made in Italy, gnocchi’s birth place. All the recipes come from her newly published, Gnocchi Solo Gnocchi, a cookbook dedicated to her love of Italy and her more than 30 years of living and teaching part-time in Perugia, Italy.

The talented Lois Ellen Frank, well-known local chef, caterer and food photographer, who shot the photographs in the book will be working with Christine in this unique part-demo presentation that includes

samples of many of the basic styles of gnocchi-making…beyond the traditional potato gnocchi most people relate to. In this class you will learn the tricks of making memorable delicious gnocchi that just might become one of YOUR favorite Italian comfort foods. Menu includes: POTATO GNOCCHI with Gorgonzola & Sautéed Greens, RICOTTA-BEET GNOCCHI with Savory Zabaglione-Horseradish Cream, SEMOLINA GNOCCHI alla ROMANA with Oven-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes, FISH CANEDERLI with Garlic-Lemon Sauce and BLUE CORN GNOCCHI arrowheads with guajillo chile sauceSouthwestern cooking school classes foods market: Error